"What nonsense are you talking about!" Antonio suddenly changed color, his voice rose sharply, and he glared at Rogge coldly and shouted: "You'd better make it clear what you mean, I won't allow you to slander His Majesty the Holy Emperor at will!"

"I knew you were going to react like this. Rog shrugged his shoulders and sat down on the couch again, seeing Tali step forward and gently pull Antonio's arm, signaling him not to be angry, and then winking at himself.

"Don't worry, let me tell you what's going on. Rogge sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, looked at the puzzled expressions of Antonio and the others in the hall and said, "The source of this matter is the witch killing order issued by His Majesty the Holy Emperor ten years ago. ”

"The head of the regiment should be very clear about how many 'witches' the Imperial Holy Society has killed in the three major principalities in the past ten years, but in fact, they have killed not only witches, but also black cats, which symbolize witches' pets. ”

He looked around at the surprised expressions of the people present and said, "Not only cats with pure black bodies, but also cats with black spots on their bodies are hunted and killed, and in some of the more remote areas, all cats are killed regardless of their coat color, just as they kill the women who are called 'witches.'" ”

"What does this plague we are talking about?" asked Antonio, staring at Rogge suspiciously.

"Of course, it has to do with it, in fact in recent years this plague has occurred more than once in the territory of the three principalities, but the occurrence is concentrated in relatively remote areas, and these areas are also the areas where cats are most thoroughly hunted. Rogge leaned forward and tapped his hand on the table.

"You mean, the origin of this plague has something to do with the killing of cats?" Antonio's eyes widened in surprise, and Rog smiled and nodded, "That's right, in fact, the Black Death had another name, and that was the plague." ”

"Plague ......" The people present looked at each other, only to hear Rogge bow slightly: "That's right, this is the name given to it by the druids, because the source of this disease is rats, and the result of the extermination of cats is the proliferation of rats, and it is only a matter of time before rats infect people with the plague." ”

He looked back at Catherine and Locke and said, "That's why I asked you two if you have been in contact with a patient, at the moment this disease is incurable, although my teacher has been studying for many years, he has not found a single effective drug, it is better to be careful." ”

Catherine looked back at Locke uneasily, and the magician shrugged his shoulders and said, "Fortunately, I'm not one who likes to join in the fun!"

"Don't be afraid, stupid girl, with me to protect you, the little mouse will not dare to come near you!" said the little owl jumping out of Rog's hat and flying to Catherine's shoulder, who gratefully touched her little furry body and smiled faintly.

"After all that, the head of the regiment should understand that my words are not bloody, right?" Rogge looked up at Antonio's contemplative face and said, "This is a very bad sign, the Black Death has begun to spread to the big towns, and if no measures are taken, the spread rate will increase exponentially." ”

Antonio hesitated for a moment, then softened his tone a little, and asked Rogge, "Let's leave aside your so-called source problem, now how do we deal with the plague that could spread?"

"As I said, immediately investigate all those who have been in contact with the sick in the city of Milan, isolate them for observation, execute and burn the bodies if they show signs of infection, and send troops to start the rodent extermination operation to minimize the possibility of spreading the infection. ”

Rogge paused for a moment and continued: "Also, write to Her Majesty the Queen at once, asking her to send an experienced medical officer to the city of Milan and seal all borders, especially the Erus side, if I am not mistaken, it is very likely that the epidemic has spread in Erus, and people in the affected areas must be prevented from crossing the border." ”

Speaking of this, there was a helpless expression on his face and he said, "That's all we can do, as for whether we can stop the plague, it depends on the will of God." ”

"I'm going to go to Itali City right away. Antonio turned and Tali left the hall, and Rogge turned back to Locke and Catherine and said, "You two might as well go back to Itali City first, the Black Death is deadly to mankind, and the captain of the regiment is forced by official business, he will definitely insist on going to the epidemic area, but you don't have to risk your life." ”

"No, I'm going with you!" Catherine stubbornly stepped forward, and Locke looked back at the determined expression on her face and nodded, "If Miss Catherine is going to go with you, then I'm sure I'll stay with you too." ”

"Why do you bother?" Rogge looked at the two helplessly, and then turned his gaze on Catherine's face and said, "You go back to the Apocalypse Guild first, and wait for me to come back with George, so it's safer." ”

"If the plague is really that bad, then I may not be able to escape even if I return to Itali City, after all, this plague has already entered Milan City, who can guarantee that it will not spread to Itali City?" Catherine was unmoved, and simply walked over to Rogge and sat down.

Rogge looked back at her stubborn face, the expression on his face was like a bitter father looking helplessly at his stubborn daughter, only to hear the little furball on Catherine's shoulder suddenly interject: "Just let the stupid girl go, I said I would protect her and not let the little mouse get close to her." ”

"Shut up, little fool, you know, it's not a question of whether you've ever been near a mouse at all. Rogge glared at the little furball, sighed and looked up at Locke and said, "Okay, since you insist on going, then we have to make some preparations in advance, you go buy some spirits and come back, the higher the degree, the better." ”

Locke agreed, and Rogge set his eyes on Monica, the little flower spirit, and said, "Monica, I need some disinfecting herbs, please help prepare some, we may need them." ”

Little Flower Spirit nodded in agreement, and immediately split up with Locke to prepare, and when they prepared what Rogge needed, Antonio also used the dimensional passage to return from the Itali Palace.

He told the people that he had told the queen what had happened, and that the queen would send a medical officer and a new consul to the place as soon as possible to deal with everything.

After arranging the affairs of Milan City, Antonio entrusted the nobles with the title second only to the Marquis of Milan to take charge of the affairs of Milan City, and then the group left Milan City through the dimensional passage of the Lantern God and rushed to Lucca, a border town of Italy.

When the crowd appeared outside the town of Lucca wearing thick masks sterilized with spirits, it was already dusk, and the road was silent, with rolling hills stretching across the border between Itali and Erus, and a valley between the two mountains was the town of Lucca.

Along the loess road opened up by the flow of people and horses, the group walked into the town of Lucca, the town is silent, dim and silent in the dusk, there is no shadow of a person on the road, the family is closed and the chickens and dogs are not heard, which makes people feel an inexplicable desolation.

Rogge asked everyone to wait on the main road, and he carefully pushed open the doors of several houses, and found that they were all empty, and there were only bulky furniture, gold, silver, and daily necessities left, and it seemed that the owner had fled the place.

He continued to inspect door to door, and soon found a rotten corpse on the bed of a house, the surface of the corpse was black and purple, mosquitoes and flies scattered around the corpse, and rats were scurrying around the house, which was disgusting.

Rogge turned and strode out of the house, whispered something to Lilith, the little furball fell to the ground and turned into a little Lori, and with a wave of his little finger turned the house into a sea of fire, Rog took Lilith back to the crowd and told them what he saw.

"It seems that the situation here is far worse than we thought," said Rogge, looking around the ghost village at dusk, "and the people here have fled, and they are likely to have contracted the Black Death, whether they flee to Itali or other towns in Errus, it will exacerbate the spread of the epidemic." ”

"And what are we going to do?" asked Catherine, looking at him uneasily.

"Wait for me here, Tully, can you let the Lamp God come with me?" Rog said back to Tali, and the mermaid immediately summoned the Lamp God and asked him to follow Rogge on the move.

Rog asked the Lantern God to look at the entire Lukka Town through the dimensional map, and after making sure that there was no one left in the town, he asked the Lantern God and Lilith to burn down all the houses with him, and the entire Lukka Town was in flames.

"That's the only thing we can do, the flames will wipe out all sources of infection, and the rest will be left to fate. Looking up at the flames rising above the burning houses, Rog sighed and said to the lamp god behind him.

The three of them returned to the group, and the lamp god opened the dimensional passage again according to Rogge's instructions, leading everyone to the town of Dixon on the border of Erus, and when they reached the gate of Dixon, the first thing that caught their eyes was a row of towering tombstones.

"Were all these people killed by the plague?" asked Catherine, looking horrified at the hundreds of gravestones lined up in the wilderness.

"Plague? no, no, that's not what the priests of the Congregation said. Before Rogge could answer, an old voice suddenly came from the tombstones, Catherine was startled and subconsciously shrank beside Rogge, and saw a hunchbacked old man walking out from behind the tombstone with a cane.

The old man walked up to them and said, "They say it's the witch's sin, it's their bargain with the devil, using the power of the devil to slaughter us, if that's true, then they've obviously succeeded, and there aren't many living people left in this town." ”

"Are you a grave keeper?" said Rogge, who took the initiative to meet him, stopping him from approaching Catherine and the others, staring at his old face.

"You're right, I'm the grave keeper here, and a lot of people you see under these tombstones, I watched them be born, but I didn't expect that I would watch them buried, including my wife and children. ”

The old grave keeper shook his head with a wry smile and said, "When I die, I wonder if anyone will dig a pit for me?"

"Of course there will be, definitely. Rogge said and walked up to him and hugged him gently, and the people standing behind him felt unbearable when they saw this scene, but unexpectedly, the old man in his arms suddenly convulsed, and when Rogge let go of him, he had stopped breathing.

"What have you done?" Antonio watched in surprise as Rog let go of the old man's neck, five fingers left deep fingerprints on the old man's neck, and the soft hanging head showed that his neck had been broken.